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Wes Mantooth said:
No doubt. Not always. But along the lines of what straightline was saying, I typically would talk to the child some time (a few hours? 12 hours? 72 hours?) so that what I’d asked and the consequence made sense to them.
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Yeah, and you work with children so it's not like you are fully experiencing the first time parent thing. You already understand how they are.

People who don't get it can only learn through experience. I always hated people telling me "just wait until you have two", like I wasn't doing things correctly. Then my wife bore 2 more, and I'm like "damn, they were right".
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
Yeah, and you work with children so it's not like you are fully experiencing the first time parent thing. You already understand how they are.

People who don't get it can only learn through experience. I always hated people telling me "just wait until you have two", like I wasn't doing things correctly. Then my wife bore 2 more, and I'm like "damn, they were right".
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I always hate when any adult is like, “You have no idea...just wait ‘til (fill in the blanks)...you have it easy now....” and other dumb **** like that, as if they’ve had it so bad and every other parent in the history of the world didn’t go through the same ****, and knowing that, though obviously not experiencing yet, yeah, I do have some idea on how challenging certain experiences can be. How unpredictable things may go. To think otherwise is foolish. My whole mantra the whole time before our first was born has been “Expect the Unexpected.” I think that’s a good way to live. Be smart, educate yourself (not you frank, the general, royal you), think ahead, and be proactive to minimize more trying times. Enjoy the ride. You have too. But all the while, expect the unexpected. ‘Cause ****’ll go wrong all the time.
 
Love her so much. She’s the one I time in the 40 every year. Was having her and my 1 year old trying to catch me as I dribbled a soccer ball away quick as hell last weekend. She was not far behind. Think she has it all. Athletic, gorgeous, smart, fun, sensitive.

My one year old son on the other hand. Oof. He may be playing a couple Kings short of a deck.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
My almost 4.5 year old angel.

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Cute kid. She looks a lot smarter than my 4.5 year old. He's not dumb but he's been off the charts in height percentile forever and I think his body is consuming too much energy and starving his brain (that's a physiological, physics concept that many don't realize or think about) . He ain't dumb but he acts like a Neanderthal at the same time.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
Cute kid. She looks a lot smarter than my 4.5 year old. He's not dumb but he's been off the charts in height percentile forever and I think his body is consuming too much energy and starving his brain (that's a physiological, physics concept that many don't realize or think about) . He ain't dumb but he acts like a Neanderthal at the same time.
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Yep. Def a possibility. I also think girls are just smarter than boys at a young age. Mine is half Neanderthal, half Nancy. Sometimes I wonder if he’s Autistic. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But he repeats things a lot, walks on his tip toes fairly often...I don’t know.
 
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Wes Mantooth said:
Love her so much. She’s the one I time in the 40 every year. Was having her and my 1 year old trying to catch me as I dribbled a soccer ball away quick as hell last weekend. She was not far behind. Think she has it all. Athletic, gorgeous, smart, fun, sensitive.

My one year old son on the other hand. Oof. He may be playing a couple Kings short of a deck.
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idestroyedthetoilet said:
Cute kid. She looks a lot smarter than my 4.5 year old. He's not dumb but he's been off the charts in height percentile forever and I think his body is consuming too much energy and starving his brain (that's a physiological, physics concept that many don't realize or think about) . He ain't dumb but he acts like a Neanderthal at the same time.
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Pretty much the same with my 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son lol.
 
My youngest son (turned 4 in July) is a holy freaking terror. By far the worst of my 6. Everything his older siblings did, he magnifies. To top it off, he's not happy unless he's right in your face. It's not enough for him to have a hug, it has to be 45 hugs. He can't just sit on your lap, he has to turn around and put his hands on your face. He can't tell you something once, he has to say it 25 times in the next 30 minutes. I've half convinced myself (without really looking into it) that he's somewhere on the Autism spectrum.
 
Context on that last picture...
I always put her to bed every night at about 9 and it usually takes me about 15 minutes.
Well that night I drank a fair amount of whiskey (during the thunder game) and I passed out holding her. My wife came in at about 10:30 and found us like that and I was snoring loudly

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fishonjazz said:
Context on that last picture...
I always put her to bed every night at about 9 and it usually takes me about 15 minutes.
Well that night I drank a fair amount of whiskey (during the thunder game) and I passed out holding her. My wife came in at about 10:30 and found us like that and I was snoring loudly

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I guess that one didn't show up. Here it is.

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